poudreuse

American

[poo-drooz, poo-drœz] / puˈdrʊz, puˈdrœz /

noun

a small toilet table of the 18th century.

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Noun Inflected Forms

poudreuses

plural

Etymology

Origin of poudreuse

1925–30; < French, equivalent to poudr ( er ) to powder ¹ + -euse -euse

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He always alluded to his father in the following terms: "Feu mon père de poudreuse mémoire!"

From Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by F. Jordan

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